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RAKAMRAK · Aug 1, 2013

Thank for sharing your experiences.

@Mount Spokane..... Thank you very much for the warning/pointer. I will surely keep that in mind.

Aug 1, 2013

As I suspected, you cannot mount the hood of the 70-200 II with an 82mm filter on the lens (and the hood is too deep to conveniently mount the fliter with the hood in place).

Like I stated, that's usually the case. But not always - for example, with a 77mm filter mounted via a 72→77mm step up ring on the 85L II, the hood can still be mounted.

Brand B · Aug 1, 2013

Article about scientists asking for more public participation in bug photography, with an emphasis on the bugs' privates:

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/08/how-to-do-scientific-research-without-even-trying-much/

Amusing side topic aside, it's an interesting way to leverage crowd sourcing of research.

Aug 1, 2013

Now all those who threaten to switch can do so and with less expense!

tron · Aug 1, 2013

Now, I do have 300 4L non-IS and 16-35 2.8 version 1. 300 4L stays no matter what. It is super sharp.
16-35 is not perfect at the corners but I have heard that neither 16-35 2.8 II is.

Right now I do not use it so much (I have a TS-E 17, a TS-E 24 II and a Zeiss 21 2.8) but I am not selling it yet.

If you love your lenses you should keep them. Anyway your 80-200 does not overlap with the 3 lenses you mentioned.

CarlTN · Aug 1, 2013

pedro said:
In your case: 6D. Without regrets. 70D is crop. Helpful for range. But high ISO IQ will fall far behind what a 6D even at very high ISOs is able to deliever. I was shooting a 30D for more than five years. Last August I purchased the 5D3. No regrets. So if the 6D matches with your budget: go and get it. This is my 5D3 last week, at very low candle light and insanely high ISO 51.2k. Processed in DPP (mostly NR), slight tonal corrections in PS.

Z96A5407bTLKlein by Peter Hauri, on Flickr

Z96A5407bTLBWKleindefCrop by Peter Hauri, on Flickr

Nice shots!

AprilForever · Aug 1, 2013

ontarian said:
So I got over my initial dislike last year of a few of the corners Canon took with the 6D (like 1/4000 max shutter speed) because the image quality was on par with my 5D3. Today shooting the Collingwood Ontario Elvis festival in the rain with a EF 400mm 2.8 IS on my 5D3 and a 14mm 2.8 II on my 6D and I was shocked to find that my 6D stopped responding after about 20 minutes in sporadic rain. I got home, opened things up to inspect and found felt-like material at all the seams rather than the expected rubber material that even my EF-S mount 2009 era 7D has. I'm sorry, but F$#%K you Canon, for my couple of grand I want you to not skimp out on maybe a dollar's worth of sealing material. My 6D is now in a bowl of rice in my cranked up to the max infrared sauna, I'll see if my hatred of Canon corner cutting sticks. No wonder I enjoy developing EOS mount solutions for 60's to mid 80's era Canon manual focus lenses, its before they started sucking like it was a sport.

Edit, a few hours later:

Well, the bowl of rice and a couple of hours in the dry sauna seem to have brought the body back to life thankfully. I'm thinking that the 6D problems had something to do with the fact that it was hanging mostly from my shoulder with the rear buttons facing the rain where my 5D3 was mostly top up since they look like they should both share the same "weatherproofing" levels.

-Ed Mika

The 7D rules!!! 8)

wsmith96 · Jul 31, 2013

thank you kind sir

rpt · Jul 31, 2013

Marsu42 said:
jrista said:

Marsu42 said:

jrista said:

Hah, nice. I actually installed Lightroom 4.4 on my Microsoft Surface Pro, so I can tether it out in the field.

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Problem is: Magic Lantern in-camera beats any tethering, or I'd carry around my laptop for tethering... that's why want a swivel screen & ml :-\

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How can ML beat a 10.6" high density screen?

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By weight, size and price :-> but we're probably talking of different usage scenarios here: All I'd want to do with tethered shooting (with a cable mind you, wifi for wildlife is another thing) is focus stacking, intervalometer and generally automating the camera - all which I can do by using ml as it is or scripting it or adding C code.

Marsu42, are you using ML on your 60D? I am waiting for their next release of the 5D3 code set.

pulseimages · Jul 31, 2013

I've decided to get the Canon EOS 6D + 24-105 L kit.

kennephoto · Jul 31, 2013

Grumbaki said:
The "Buy cheap, buy twice" idiom isn't only for crap that will break.

if you are sure that you'll like the results (focal lenght, thin dof) why buying the intermediate version? You'll still have that itch. It'll be even worse if you really enjoy the 1.8 as you'll have first hand experience on the limitations. Even if those glass hold their value well, you'll still make a loss.

At least that's the way I thought for my glass. Didn't do that for bodies and now the 60d collects dust while 5d3 runs wild.

As for the rant part of the post, it is a sad ttruth that the last percentile improvements cost more than the first. Sad truth of engineering, in every domain. If only lenses prices were linear....

Thank you I so agree! I've been victim to buy cheap buy twice or more lol. You can always make more money if you want to!

scotty512 · Jul 31, 2013

great shot, just moved to Auckland 2 months ago and loving it, cant wait to get the camera out and start wandering around

brad-man · Jul 31, 2013

LetTheRightLensIn said:
From what I hear, I'd give the Tamron a shot instead for sure, well providing you can't manage the 24-70 II which is completely awesome. 24-70 f/4 IS might also be worth a look if you can get one for ~~some~~ many hundreds below the $1500 list.

Sorry. I just thought that needed fixing

Jul 31, 2013

Thanks for the reply. I call it following a thread, aka Facebook. Potato/Potahto

cliffwang · Jul 31, 2013

xps said:
unfocused said:

I'm sure Canon and Nikon are worried about this trend. I just hope they respond by producing better and more affordable products, instead of just trying to cripple the third party products.

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+1
I hope they stop the trend of Nikon/Canon to produce high-end lenses with astronomical price tags.

Actually I have different thought. If Nikon/Canon have reasonable price tags for their lenses, they will kill other lens makers. Competition is good for us.

Skirball · Jul 31, 2013

neuroanatomist said:
Skirball said:

For those that use it, is your ISO set to 1/3 or full stops?

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It doesn't matter, Auto ISO will use 1/3-stop settings. The full stop option applies only to manually selecting an ISO. I do have that set to full stops, to make changing ISO faster.

Interesting, didn't know that. Thanks.

Quasimodo · Jul 31, 2013

nicke said:
Canon Announces VIXIA Mini Compact Personal Camcorder
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/about_canon/newsroom?pageKeyCode=pressreldetail&docId=0901e0248096ae71

About time to stop the sales of GoPro

mrsfotografie · Jul 31, 2013

luciolepri said:
New lenses have the "SubWavelength" coating, so I guess the "Super Spectra" coating was the old one and it's most likely the same on the MK I and MK II. So, I'm probably wrong thinking that the MK I suffers more from flares or maybe it has something to do with the fact that I used the MK II on a film era EOS 5...

There you go...

luciolepri said:
Anyway, this 50/1,8 MK I is a good lens, considering its price. It has a much better "feel" than the MK II and an actual focus ring. I'd say it's worth to pay for an used one as much as you pay for a new MK II, expecially if you want to put it on a rig and use a FF. What's more, you can always resell it for as much as you paid it... I saw some of this lenses sold on eBay for 150 €!

+1. This little gem lives up to its cult status.

Jul 30, 2013

Mine for the 1D X. Reminds me that I need to set this up on my EOS M.

Format card: I swap out the card in slot 1 after almost every shoot, so I prefer easy access to re-format.

Battery info: Good to know charge remaining in more detail than the battery icon.

External Speedlite control: A bit easier than changing settings on the ST-E3-RT; with three 600EX-RT flashes, the three groups are sufficient for my needs most of the time.

Selectable AF point: I usually have this set this to only cross-type points for selection speed and focus accuracy, but with an f/5.6 lens (70-300L, 100-400L, or 600II + 1.4xIII), I often want to be able to select points away from the center columns.

Save/load cam settings on card: I have different groups of C# settings, e.g. people, sports, birds, etc. They're saved to each of several CF cards that I keep in various camera bags, and I load the set that's needed for my planned shoot.

Restrict shooting modes: In some of my settings groups, C1 is for tripod use (MLU, timer, etc.), while C2 and C3 are for non-tripod use. I disable C1 when not needed, so the M.Fn button can more quickly cycle through the settings (it goes from C2 to C3 to which ever of Av/Tv/M was last used, so it's one button press from C2 to C3 and two button presses back to C2).

I do have the Start from My Menu option enabled.

PhotographAdventure · Jul 30, 2013

Thanks for the other options Mt Spokane, I was not aware of those. gphoto works, but takes some time to setup. I suppose Magic Lantern might be the easiest? I have yet to try it on my 5d iii.

Marsu42 · Jul 30, 2013

neuroanatomist said:
Vello Compact Shoe Stand
Vello Universal Accessory Shoe Mount

Thanks! I already suspected you have tried about every piece of photography equipment ever invented, and after a trip to the surprisingly clueless sales people in my local photography shop today I have to say I value your help more than ever!

btnphotography · Jul 30, 2013

luciolepri said:
Why did you use LR instead of Photoshop Camera Raw? Is there any advantage?

Just personal preference. I'm a lot more familiar with Lightroom.

Mt Spokane Photography · Jul 30, 2013

This is very common, there was even a major news article about it a few months ago. It happens across all products.

Some sellers hire SEO specialists to fill the web searches with positive articles that come up when you do a search for something like (seller)scam. They are able to push complaints a few pages down this way.

Mt Spokane Photography · Jul 30, 2013

RadioPath said:
tron said:

RadioPath said:

neuroanatomist said:

caruser said:

It appears to be artificial product segmentation.

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Agreed. Worth noting that on all Canon bodies, evaluative metering is weighted toward the selected AF point.

The alternative on non-1-series bodies is to spot meter then use AE Lock and recompose.

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That's what I do now, not always that convenient. Any chance this can be changed in the future by ml or such, like spot metering was added to the 400d?

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It will have to be supported in hardware in the first place. Does it? We do not know...

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Makes sense. Are there Canon cameras that got it later?

Mt Spokane Photography said:

Cameras made and designed by different manufacturers are ... well different. There tend to be a lot of questions that indicate people think they should be somehow identical.

That's not going to happen. Pick a camera that has the features you need most. Its like buying a car, its always a compromise.

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I get that and I'm very happy with my camera. This doesn't seem to be a question of principle in design like dslr vs mirror less or sth like that if other companies put it in. Will have to wait I guess

There are patents, but it is more likely a matter of design choices as to which features to include when you design the AF system and related firmware.

tron · Jul 30, 2013

neuroanatomist said:
So, you are smart enough to compensate for any type of flair in your photos.

flair \ˈfler\ noun : stylishness and originality

com·pen·sate \ˈkäm-pən-ˌsāt\ intransitive verb : to offset an error, defect, or undesired effect

So, you're saying that flair, meaning a distinctive elegance or style in your shooting, is an error, defect, or undesired effect, but you're smart enough to be able to offset that flair by making your photos lack style and interest. Now I understand what you meant. Thanks for clarifying.

it was fortunate that by the time I read this I had already finished my coffee so the keyboard remained intact ;D

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